Independence under Hegemony?

A new book entitled The European Union's non-members: Independence under hegemony? asks whether states closely affiliated with the EU, but which have chosen not to be full members, experience effects on their legal and political self-governing capabilities.

The EU is a supranational organization, whose reach and influence extends well beyond its member states, especially to the many states that have signed various forms of association agreement with it.

This book asks whether qualifying states who have eschewed EU membership experience negative effects on their legal and political self-governing abilities, or whether they manage their independence with few such effects. It explores the idea that the closer the affiliation a non-member state has with the EU, the more susceptible to hegemony the relationship appears to be. In addition, the book provides an overview of the total range of agreements the EU has with non-member states.